FIRST MICROCOMPUTER

French auc­tion­eer Aymeric Rouil­lac presents the first microcomputer named Mi­cral N in Tours, ahead of an auc­tion next month. Mi­cral M was cre­ated by French en­gi­neer Fran­cois Ger­nelle in 1973, five years be­fore Ap­ple and three years be­fore IBM.